Our
Leadership
Carrie Freeman
Chief Executive Officer
Serial executive who has scaled frontier tech with Intel, NASA, and World Bank.
Led global ventures across advanced manufacturing, climate/energy and data/technology innovation.
Mobilized $1.3B+ in capital and built operations in 160+ countries, delivering outcomes with governments, investors, corporations and philanthropy. Architect of high-impact global systems and cross-sector partnerships, aligning innovation, policy, and investment.
Chris Wagner
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder
40 years global experience in medical imaging, PET and radiotherapeutics including policy making roles in industry.
Held global executive sales, marketing, and supply chain operations leadership roles growing and managing +$400 million nuclear medicine businesses of Nordion and Mallinckrodt (now Curium).
Edward Parma, Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder
30+ year career at Sandia National Laboratories. Led Sandia team that invented the unique all-target reactor concept and co-developed other novel Eden technologies and IP.
Extensive experience in nuclear reactor engineering and experimentation, including design and analysis of critical assemblies, reactor safety analysis, and research reactor start-up and operation.
Travis R. Steele
Executive Chairman
CEO for Abo Ventures, LLC. Seasoned executive and General Counsel actively involved in several of Abo’s portfolio companies, with extensive experience in capital raise, portfolio construction, corporate governance, acquisition and combination transactions and private business strategy and planning, including corporate formation, structuring, and go-to-market strategies. Previously was a Partner at Butler Snow, LLP.
Jim Saldarini
Licensing Director
50 years’ experience in USNRC licensing, project management and engineering across a wide cadre of large, complex nuclear projects in the US and Canada.
Previous roles include Chief Nuclear and Environmental Engineer at Bechtel, with extensive NRC, DOE, CNSC & other government agency experience.
Dillon Allen
Strategist
25+ years nuclear experience including overseeing design, construction, and commissioning for U.S. Navy reactors, execution of large scale commercial nuclear projects, and enterprise project management and controls.
Led advanced nuclear development for Entergy. President of Nuclear Advisory Services, Solestiss.
Paul Schlavin, PMP, PE
Facilities Engineering Director
37 years of experience in design, construction, and project management for engineering, testing, and laboratory facilities at Sandia National Laboratories. Served as Distinguished Member of Technical Staff and Senior Project Manager overseeing $10M–$100M capital projects.
Paul Helmick
Nuclear Engineering Director
30+ years of mechanical engineering experience at Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory, specializing in reactor hardware, safety-significant nuclear systems, and remote handling in high-radiation environments. Former R&D Manager at Sandia, he led NQA-1–compliant system engineering and implementation for DOE nuclear facilities.
Doug Campbell
Chief Executive Officer
Seasoned entrepreneur having led multiple deep-tech startups from inception through exit.
Previous companies include Solid Power (NASDAQ: SLDP), a leading provider of advanced batteries to the electric vehicle marker which he led as CEO from startup through IPO; and Roccor, a component supplier into the low earth orbit satellite market which he led through its acquisition by Redwire Space, NYSE: RDW. Each delivering exceptional returns for investors.